“On the other hand, if you're too delusionally optimistic, you'll be unbearable. You'll refuse to save money or make backup plans. You'll invade foreign countries and expect to be greeted as liberators. Like everything else in health, you need balance.” — A.J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
“To properly engage in magical thinking, I find you have to think of every possible ghastly scenario. That's the only way you outsmart fate.” — A.J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
“I was smart enough to know that I shouldn't tell anyone the reason I needed that icy air. No need to spill the secret… — A.J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
“I'm hungry enough that I started to salivate at the sight of lettuce. I repeat: lettuce.” — A.J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
“When I get it home and start to read it, the first thing I notice is that Warren has copyrighted the phrase “Purpose-driven.” It… — A.J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
“How do you gag the voice in your head that says, 'You don't have to go to the gym today. There's always tomorrow. C'mon,… — A.J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
“Back to the books. The world’s largest bell was built in 1733 in Moscow, and weighed in at more than four hundred thousand pounds.… — A.J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
“If the Britannica has taught me anything, it's to be more careful. I don't want to turn into an unseemly noun or verb or… — A.J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
“That's what I've noticed in my experiments: almost everything in life is a self-fulfilling prophecy .Probably even believing in self-fulfilling prophecies is a self-fulfilling… — A.J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
“Mr. Berkowitz clicks open his black American Tourister rolling suitcase. Inside, his tools: a microscope, an old canister with the faded label “vegetable flakes,”… — A.J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
“What seems terrible at first may turn out to be a great thing. You can't predict.” — A.J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
“Maybe taming my tongue will be good for me in the end. But it's pretty hard when you've got a world filled with idiots… — A.J. Jacobs Copy Share Image
